Dumont to Nashville

Fatherhab · Senior Member

Dumont to Nashville

barry33 · Guru

Fatherhab wrote:

Rds is reporting Dumont will sign with Nashville.

Since he is going to Nashville, I felt that a country song title may be appropriate..something like "Dat big scoring winger done flew right outta ma life"

-- Edited by barry33 at 09:38, 2006-08-29

Jay1982 · Guru

LOL good one Barry!

macneil · Guru

you should rename that song barry to something like "that overrated french player got less that he thought he was worth ."

MC Girl · Guru

TSN.ca Staff (with CP Files)

8/29/2006 10:19:38 PM

J.P. Dumont will be skating for the Nashville Predators this coming season.

He has agreed to a two-year contract worth $4.5 million. He will be paid $2-million the first year and $2.5-million in the second.

The 28-year-old forward became an unrestricted free agent in early August when the Buffalo Sabres walked away from an arbitration ruling awarding him a one-year $2.9 million contract.

Predators general manager David Poile explained the club was happy about the Sabres' decision to walk away. "This was a guy who was not on our radar when the off-season first came about. But because he was made a free agent he became very attractive to us. The Buffalo Sabres thought they lost a really good player and a really good person."

Dumont spoke with former Predators defenceman Joel Bouchard prior to making the decision. "Nashville is a team that has been moving forward the past few years, Joel told me good things about Nashville, the town, and the organization." The Montreal native scored 20 goals and added 20 assists over 54 games with Buffalo last season. He has 121 goals and 256 points in 434 games over his career with Chicago and Buffalo.

-- Edited by MC Girl at 07:16, 2006-08-30